SharePoint Site Collection Administration

• Experience with the technical aspects of Windows OS and Microsoft productivity applications (MS Office, Outlook, etc.)
• A general understanding of the collaboration issues faced by organizational team.

Audience

• Administrators
• IT professionals
• Power users

SharePoint is a collaborative platform that integrates with Microsoft Office, Outlook and other Microsoft applications. SharePoint is commonly used as a storage system for managing documents within an organization. A site collection is a group of websites that have the same owner and share administrative settings. This owner, known as a Site Collection Administrator, is in charge of managing various aspects of a site, for example, the appearance and behavior, search settings, site directories, storage, etc.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at system administrators and other IT professionals who wish to design, construct, deploy and manage a SharePoint site.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Design, structure and build a sharepoint site.
• Carry out common Site Collection Administration tasks such as user setup and permissions, site creation and customization, document structuring, version control management, search configuration and maintenance.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

Introduction
Overview of Sharepoint Features and Architecture

Evaluating Hosting Options

• On-premise (SharePoint 2016)
• Office 365 (SharePoint Online)
• Hybrid deployment (on-premise connected to Office 365)

Getting Started with Sharepoint

• Setting up and Configuring Sharepoint
• Navigating the Sharepoint User Interface
• Building a site (company portal)

Managing Users and Groups

• Understanding permissions
• Adding users
• Creating a group

Working with Documentation

• Uploading documents
• Creating documents
• Organizing documents
• Collaborating on documents
• Exporting documents

Working with Views

• Creating a View
• Customizing a View

Setting up Notifications

• Creating an Alert
• Managing an Alert
• Tracking an Alert

Using List Apps

• Creating an App
• Integrating an App with other systems
• Organizing Apps

Customizing a Sharepoint Site

• Changing the look-and-feel (pages, images, design, etc.)
• Working with web parts
• Localizing a site
• Implementing Follow, Tagging, Rating, and other social networking features

Managing Change

• How version control works
• Customizing version control settings
• Working with content types and templates
• Adjusting permissions
• Managing document sets

Working with Workflows

• Understanding workflows
• Setting up a workflow
• Managing a workflow

Search and Site Structure

• Querying the database
• Working with Query Builder
• Structuring the site through taxonomy and metadata

Other Site Collection Administration Taks

• Creating templates (list, library, site)
• Managing Site Policies
• Deploying a Sharepoint site
• Optimizing a Sharepoint site
• Backing up and restoring Sharepoint

Troubleshooting

Summary and Conclusion